neighbourhood in Schagen
De Stolpen en Buitengebied
200 residents · postal code 1751 · Part of Schagerbrug, Schagen
Spacious and quiet, but not set up for children
With two hundred residents in an area of almost no built-up land, every figure in De Stolpen en Buitengebied says something about a handful of cases. The number of reported offences is well above the national median, but the itemised types together do not add up to half that total — violence, burglary and property crime are all at or below the national level. What is pushing the figure up, the breakdown does not show.
Distance is unmistakable. School, supermarket and GP are all more than three kilometres away, and that explains both the 3.6 for amenities and the 2.8 for families. Against that stands quiet & nature at a 7.7: plenty of greenery, little noise. Wealth & income comes out at a 5.9, with property value almost exactly on the median and vacancy well above it.
- no. 11,927 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 67 of 72 in Schagen
How De Stolpen en Buitengebied scores
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Is De Stolpen en Buitengebied a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Stolpen en Buitengebied comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Stolpen en Buitengebied is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 15 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
De Stolpen en Buitengebied has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 30%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1511%
NL median 14%
- 15–2513%
NL median 11%
- 25–4530%
NL median 22%
- 45–6527%
NL median 28%
- 65+18%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.1 — smaller than average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
43% — far more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
33% — around the average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
55 — far less densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.
Frequently asked questions
Is De Stolpen en Buitengebied a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, De Stolpen en Buitengebied comes out at 38 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is high: De Stolpen en Buitengebied is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the most recorded crimes. One caveat: the figure counts per person present, not per resident. In a neighbourhood with many visitors — a centre, a station, a shopping area — it therefore comes out higher than residents experience. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in De Stolpen en Buitengebied?
In De Stolpen en Buitengebied the police recorded 15 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (38 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for De Stolpen en Buitengebied calculated?
De Stolpen en Buitengebied scores 3.2 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where De Stolpen en Buitengebied lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
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